Naked Soup, Glasgow

This
summer I have decided to rediscover Scotland and sometime ago I visited
Glasgow. On my way back from the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, and the HunterianMuseum and Art Gallery, my feet were literally killing me and I could hear my
tummy rumbling. However, since I knew that later on during the day I was going
to have a dinner date at Grand Central Hotel, where I stayed during the
duration of my trip, I wanted a light, enjoyable bite. I thought that soup
would be ideal, since it is light and filling, and most of all warm. Glasgow
was definitely spoiling me with its sunny weather and clear sky, but a cheeky
cold wind was still giving me goose bumps.

I
spotted Naked Soup, roughly two minutes away from the Botanical Gardens,
on 6 Kersland Street, Glasgow G12 8BL. From the outside Naked
Soup looks very inviting, especially with their lunchtime deal, which
includes soup, sandwich, fruit and drink for less than £6. If this was
not convincing enough the seats outside in the sun were too tempting not
to stop by. I expected bold flavours, enjoyable, hand made sandwiches,
decent coffee and warm soups. Naked Soup’s interior design is clean, minimalistic,
and fresh.

I
really try my best not to eat bread. However, I just could not resist the
amazing lunchtime deal and the crispiness of their bread. If there is
one thing I might be ever so slightly addicted to, it is going to be wonderful,
ideally hand made, bread with crispy crust. I went for Chicken, Mild Cheddar,
Thai Green Curry Mayo and Rocket Sandwich. The bread was fabulously crispy,
just as I love, and fresh. The sandwich had a decent amount
of ingredients inside, which is a big advantage for me.

I feel robbed when
I order Chicken Sandwich and I receive bread with the tiniest
bit of chicken inside. I am one of those people who open their sandwich up
to see how much of what there is and rearrange it a bit. This is especially
true when a café has been very stingy, to pretend that I did not just eat bread
with one sad piece of lettuce on it. This is just a pure disappointment
and robbery in plain of day. Thankfully, Naked Soup has its priorities
right and when they say this is a Chicken Sandwich, they deliver exactly what
they promise. My lunch partner can sometimes be an enormous copy cat, so
obviously we had exactly the same type of sandwich. Cute Couple Goals?
I don’t think so.

After
looking at their soups of a day, I knew that Thai Green Spinach is something I
really wanted to try. My lovely company decided to stop copying my food choices
and went for a thick Spanish Chorizo and Kidney Bean soup. Both were tasty but
I did have a small amount of food envy. I would really love if the Thai Green
Spinach soup would be as thick as the Spanish Chorizo soup.

The best part about Naked Soup, on top of siting
outside and having the sun warming up our faces and backs, is the decent food
portions, tasty soups, and lack of stinginess when it comes to sandwich
fillings. Simple, down-to-earth, satisfying lunch on the doorstep of Glasgow’s Botanical
Gardens, and not so far from Glasgow University.